NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION: Al-Atabi v Zaidi [2009] NSWCA 433
HEARING DATE(S): 13/7/09
JUDGMENT DATE: 23 December 2009
JUDGMENT OF: McColl JA at 1; Handley AJA at 68; Sackville AJA at 69
DECISION: Appeal dismissed with costs.
CATCHWORDS: CONTRACTS – general contractual principles – construction and interpretation of contracts – lump-sum contract in respect of building work – claim for variations – whether work in variations claim part of work covered by lump-sum contract – whether waiver of contractual variations procedure – whether variations subject of implied or express contract
LEGISLATION CITED: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW)
CATEGORY: Principal judgment
Al-Atabi v Zaidi [2008] NSWDC 128 Concrete Constructions Group v Litevale Pty Ltd & Ors (No 2) [2003] NSWSC 411 Fox v Percy [2003] HCA 22, (2003) 214 CLR 118 CASES CITED: GEC Marconi Systems Pty Limited v BHP Information Technology Pty Limited [2003] FCA 50 Liebe v Molloy [1906] HCA 67; (1906) 4 CLR 347 Smith v Leon Dupuy Dozer Hire [2000] VSC 212 Toll (FGCT) Pty Ltd v Alphapharm Pty Ltd [2004] HCA 52; (2004) 219 CLR 165 Trimis v Mina [1999] NSWCA 140
Muhanad Al-Atabi - Appellant Attia Zaidi - First Respondent PARTIES: Mohammad Ali Abbas - Second Respondent Salma Raza - Third Respondent Hasan Zaidi - Fourth Respondent
FILE NUMBER(S): CA 40305 of 2008
COUNSEL: PT Taylor SC with DS Weinberger for the Appellant EA White for the Respondents
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